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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:26:51 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-06-09, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>
> What is weird is that in English many cities got very different
> spelling of names than in their native language - more different
> than what is warranted by differences in alphabets.
>
> København - Copenhagen
> München - Munich
> Köln - Cologne
> Firenze - Florence
> etc.
>

And then there's the city which couldn't decide what it should be called,
so they stuck both the French and German versions in the name. That's the
kind of "solution" our civil servants would be proud of. :-)

Simon.

PS: Biel/Bienne for those who did not get the reference.

PPS: And yes, I know the location and history of Biel/Bienne is unusual. :-)

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Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
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